Bernardo Vásquez Sánchez and the CPUVO had been alerting state and federal authorities since 2008 about possible confrontations in the community of San José del Progreso, due to the initiation of mining operations by the company Cuzcatlán S.A de C.V., a branch of the Canadian Fortuna Silver Mines, without consent of the community.
As we return to Oaxaca City with tired bodies and aching feet, we firmly hope that peace will come to our people some day.
On Tuesday afternoon David Venegas was released from police custody after his arrest last Sunday.
As a security measure and to avoid the great risk that remaining isolated and out in the open near La Sabana (UBISORT territory), four kilometers from San Juan Copala, represented, the displaced from San Juan Copala, members of the Autonomous Municipality, and solidarity organizations returned to Yosoyuxi near nightfall.
The Caravan to San Juan Copala is advancing, but the Oaxaca state government has definitely abandoned its responsibility to guarantee life and safety to the displaced women returning to their town.